N.C. State, like most of its ACC rivals, released its complete 2012-13 basketball schedule on Monday. Like North Carolina and Duke, the Wolfpack will open its season on Friday, Nov. 9 with a home game, playing Miami (Ohio).

Coach Mark Gottfried and his team will then head for Puerto Rico to play Penn State in the San Juan Tip-Off before returning home to play what has become an annual game against UNC Asheville.

Other nonconference games of interest include a trip to Michigan in the ACC-Big East Challenge on Nov. 27, a showdown with traditional power UConn at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4 as part of the Jimmy V Classic a home game against Stanford on Dec. 18.

State will open its ACC schedule on Jan. 5 at Boston College.

Despite the league’s new scheduling philosophy that will eventually end the tradition of home-and-home games against UNC, State will again play the Tar Heels twice this season – in Chapel Hill on Jan. 26 and at PNC Arena on Feb. 23.

The Wolfpack will also play Duke twice, at home on Jan. 12 and on Feb. 7 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. State’s other home ACC games are against Georgia Tech (Jan. 9), Clemson (Jan. 20), Miami (Feb. 2), Virginia Tech (Feb. 16), Florida State (Feb. 19), BC (Feb. 27) and Wake Forest (March 6).

The ACC tournament will be played from March 14-17 in Greensboro.

With four starters returning from a team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 last season, the Wolfpack will enter 2012-13 as an ACC favorite – especially if star freshman Rodney Purvis receives NCAA clearance and is allowed to play.